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Technical Writers for Microprocessors,
Semiconductors, and Software

 

Here are some companies for which we have written or edited technical documents.

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Adapteva

• Epiphany Architecture Reference Manual

Altera (now Intel)

• Altera Interlaken Megacore Function Users Guide

AMD

• AMD/ATI R600-Family Instructions Set Architecture
• AMD/ATI Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) Intermediate Language (IL) Reference Manual
• AMD x86-64 Architecture Programmer's Manual
• AMD x86-64 Architecture Programmers Overview
• SimNow Simulator 3.0 Users Manual
• Internal Graphics Architecture Paper
• K9 Message Engine Architecture
• NexGen Nx686/Nx687 Processor Databook
• NexGen Nx586 Processors Databook
• NexGen NxPC System Logic Data Book
• AMD-K5 Technical Reference Manual
• Am29050 Microprocessor User's Manual
• Am29000 Microprocessor Memory Design Handbook

Ampere

• AppliedMicro X-Gene 1 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro X-Gene 2 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro X-Gene 3 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro HeliX 2 ARM Server SoC

AMS

• AS5600 Programmable Potentiometer Datasheet
• AS5149 Magnetic Rotary Position Sensor Datasheet
• AS5055A Magnetic Position Sensor Datasheet
• AS5048 Magnetic Rotary Encoder Datasheet
• FrameMaker Template

Analog Devices

• Dust Networks ZigBee Green Power SDK Guide Template
• Dust Networks Doxygen Template for ZigBee Green Power API
• AD6489 Integrated Broadband Communications Processor Programmers Manual
• ADSP-2100 Architecture User's Manual

Apple

• Apple Networking and Communications Handbook
• Lisa Hardware Manual
• Lisa Owner's Guide
• LisaProject User's Guide

Applied Materials

• Varian 3190 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Operation Manual
• Varian 3190 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Maintenance Manual
• Varian MDP-1000 Disk Sputtering System Operator's Manual
• Varian MDP-1000 Disk Sputtering System Maintenance Manual

AppliedMicro (now Ampere)

• AppliedMicro X-Gene 1 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro X-Gene 2 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro X-Gene 3 ARM Server SoC
• AppliedMicro HeliX 2 ARM Server SoC

Arm (now SoftBank)

• Arm Architecture Reference Manual
• Arm Architecture Reference Manual Supplement - MPAM

ARRIS

• nCUBE 2 Supercomputers Programming Overview
• nCUBE 2 Supercomputers Parallel Programming Principles

ASM Lithography (ASML)

• LineSweeper User's Manual
• TaskRigger Tutorial
• DSM Design Reference

AT&T (see Bell Labs)

ATI (see AMD)

Barco

• FSN-1004 Video Switcher User's Guide
• DV-100 LED-Display Processor User's Guide
• PDS Digital/Analog Video Switcher User's Guide

Bell Labs

• MIDAS User Guide
• SCHEMA and MIDAS Tutorial
• SCHEMA User Guide
• ADVICE Documentation Specification
• ATTSIM Documentation Specification

Branson (see GlaxoSmithKline)

Broadcom

• LSI Logic SoC Design Techniques Article

Cadence

• Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) Reference Manual
• Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) User's Guide
• Xtensa Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Reference Manual
• Xtensa Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) User's Guide
• Xtensa Software Development Toolkit User's Guide
• Vectra DSP Data Sheet
• Tensilica Document Formatting User's Guide

Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR)

Chameleon Systems

• CS2112 Data Sheet
• CS2112 Databook
• CS2112 Programming Guide

CEVA

• Corporate Web Site

Cirrus Logic

• Cirrus Logic Voyager Architectural Overview

Cisco

• Memoir 1R1W Memory IP Core for eDRAM
• Memoir 1R1W Memory IP Core for SRAM
• Memoir 1R1W-RL Memory IP Core for SRAM
• Memoir 2R1W Memory IP Core for SRAM

Conexant (now Synaptics)

Diab Data (see Wind River)

Ditrans

• DT3824 JAZZ CDMA/AMPS Tri-Mode, Dual-Band Receiver Data Sheet

Dust Networks (see Linear Technology)

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

• Over/Under Capacity Planning Model User's Guide
• Load-Management Strategy Testing Model (LMSTM) Quick Guide

Electric Power Software (EPS)

• Load-Management Strategy Testing Model (LMSTM) Reference Guide

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

• Customer Move-Out State Transitions
• Customer Move-Out Event Scenarios

ElementCXI

• Alchemy Design Tools ECA-64 Tutorial
• Alchemy Elemental Language (EL) Reference Manual
• Alchemy Function Library
• Elemental Computing Array Principles Overview
  

Fairchild Semiconductor

• FAIRCAD User's Manual
• FGC Series Gate Array Design Manual

Fluke

• 9100A/9105A Applications Manual
• 9100A/9105A Automated Operations Manual
• 9100A/9105A Programmer's Manual
• 9100A/9105A Technical User's Manual
• 9100A/9105A TL/1 Reference Manual

Freescale

• IBM/Motorola PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC Microprocessors (5 editions)

Fujitsu

• SPARClite MB8683x User's Guide
• SPARClite MB86831 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86832 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86833 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86937 Lumiere RISC Imaging Accelerator
• SPARClite Microprocessor User's Guide

GlaxoSmithKline

• Branson/IPC Sigma 80 Technical Brochure
• Branson/IPC 6120 Plasma Etching System User's Manual

GRiD Systems

• Getting Started with the GRiD Compass

Hewlett-Packard

• Website Business Store Developer's Guide

Hitachi Semiconductor (see Renesas)

IBM

• PowerEN PCIe Card User Manual
• PowerEN PCIe Card Data Sheet
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial
• PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide
• IBM/Motorola PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC Microprocessors (5 editions)
• PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Programmer's Manual
• PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Hardware Manual
• PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Technical Summary
• Metaphor Communications Server Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Design Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Design Reference Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 200 Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 200 Reference Manual

IDT

• IDT79R5000 RISC Microprocessor Reference Manual

IEEE

• See MIPI and LiMo

Infineon

• Hall-Effect Integrated Switches and Latches Application Note

Intel

• Altera Interlaken Megacore Function Users Guide
• Systems-on-Chip for Communication Systems White Paper
• 830M Mobile Graphics Controller Programmer's Manual
• Ni1000 Recognition Accelerator Technical Specification
• Ni1000 Recognition Accelerator User's Guide
• 80170NX Neural Network Solutions Brochure
• 80170NX Electrically Trainable Neural Network Data Sheet
• Intel486 Family Programmer's Reference Manual
• i486 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
• Chips and Technologies Super386DX Programmer's Manual
• Introduction to Intel Gate Array Design

Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

• Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) Tutorial

Java Animation

• Java Network-Animation API Architecture

jGuru

• Java for C++ Programmer's Course Notes

KLA-Tencor

• Flatgage Wafer and Photomask Flatness Tester Data Sheet
• Alpha-Step 200 Data Sheet
• M-Gage 200 Calibration Quick Card
• SonoGage rt Technical Bulletin
• SonoGage rt Thickness Calibration Quick Guide
• SurfScan 4000 Data Sheet

Krono-Safe

• Asterios IDE 2016 User Guide

Linkup Systems (see NeoMagic)

Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation (see Tizen)

LSI Logic (now Broadcom)

• SoC Design Techniques Article

Memoir (see Cisco)

Metaphor (see IBM)

Microchip

• LPC47N359 Mobile Embedded System Controller Specification
• Synergy System Elements Design Handbook

Microsemi

• PMC-Sierra RM9000x2 Integrated Multiprocessor Users Manual

Micron Force (see SÜSS MicroTec)

Microsoft

• Hugo Design Specification

MicroUnity

• BroadMX C/C++ Functions

MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) Alliance

• Specification for Camera Serial Interface 3 (CSI-3)
• Specification for Battery Interface (BIF)
• Specification for BIF Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Specification for System Trace Protocol (STP)
• Specification for Unified Protocol (UniPro) v2.0
• Specification for Analog Reference Interface for eTrak
• Specification for UniPro SDL State Machines
• Specification Conformance Test Suite for UniPro
• Application Notes for Unified Protocol (UniPro)
• Specification for Low Latency Interface (LLI)
• Specification for RF Front-End (RFFE) Control Interface
• Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement for RF Front-End (RFFE)
• Specification for M-PHY v2.0 Physical Layer
• Specification for D-PHY Physical Layer
• Specification for NAND Software L2 Interface
• Specification for Display Serial Interface
• Specification for Digital RF (DigRF) v4
• Specification for Processor Interface Emulation
• Specification for Stereoscopic Display Formats (SDF)
• Specification for System Power Management Interface (SPMI)
• Specification for High-speed Synchronous Serial Interface (HSI) Physical Layer
• Specification for Serial Low-Power Inter-Chip Media (SLIMbus)
• Specification for Device Descriptor Block (DDB)
• Specification for Display Command Set
• Standard for Display Bus Interface
• Standard for Display Pixel Interface (DPI-2)

MIPS (now Wave Computing)

Motorola Semiconductor (see Freescale)

Multicore Association

• Multicore Communications API (MCAPI) Specification
• Multicore Resource API (MCAPI) Specification

Myricom (now CSPi)

• Datagram Bypass Layer (DBL) User Guide

Nanosphere

• Verigene Molecular Diagnostics System User’s Manual

NASA Ames Research Center

• Internal ILLIAC-IV Performance Summary
• Internal ILLIAC-IV Presentation to the Board

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

• Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs)Tutorial

National Semiconductor (see Texas Instruments)

nCUBE (see AARIS)

Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum

• Certification Program Policy
• ICS Proforma Digital Protocol
• IXIT Proforma Digital Protocol
• Test Cases for Digital Protocol
• Device Requirements
• Test Cases for Digital Protocol

NEC

• VR5464 MIPS User's Manual
• VR5432 MIPS User's Manual
• VR4320 MIPS User's Manual
• VR5400 MIPS Product Brief
• VRC5074 MIPS System Controller Data Sheet
• VRC4373 MIPS System Controller Data Sheet

NeoMagic

• Linkup L7205 Internet System Processor (DSP Enhanced) Databook
• Linkup L7200 Internet System Processor (DSP Enhanced) Databook
• Linkup L7200SDB Hardware User's Manual
• Linkup L1121 CompactFlash/PC Card Interface Chip Data Sheet

NetSpeed

• NocStudio User Manual

Neural Networks

• A Neural-Network Audio Synthesizer
• 80170NX Neural Network Solutions Brochure
• 80170NX Electrically Trainable Neural Network Data Sheet

NexGen (see AMD)

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) LSI Labs

• HSL-FX User's Manual

NXP Semiconductor

• Signetics 8X305 Bipolar Microcontroller User's Manual
• Signetics 8A1200 ISL Bipolar Gate Array Data Sheet
• Signetics 8A1200 ISL Bipolar Gate Array Design Manual

NVIDIA

• PortalPlayer PP5001 Superintegration System-on-Chip Controller Databook
• PortalPlayer Tango Developer's Guide

Optical Associates, Inc. (OAI)

• Model 5000 and 8000 Auto-Load Mask Alignment System User Manual
• TriSOL 300mm Solar Simulator User Manual

ORBCOMM

• M2M Provisioning Portal Developer API Specification

PGP (see Symantec)

Philips

• SNAP Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Manual

picoTurbo

• pT-110 Hardware Design User's Guide
• pT-110 Hardware Core Data Sheet
• pT-100 Hardware Design User's Guide
• pT-100 Hardware Core Data Sheet

Plurality

• HyperCore Architecture White Paper
• HyperCore Software Developer's Handbook

PMC-Sierra (see Microsemi)

PortalPlayer (see NVIDIA)

Pretty Good Privacy (see Symantec)

Qualcomm

• CSR SiRF GSD4t GPS Hardware and Software Databook
• IP2022 Internet Processor Data Sheet
• IP2022 Internet Processor User's Manual
• IP2022 Internet Processor User's Primer
• IP2022 Internet Processor Getting Started Guide
• SX-Stack Internet Connectivity User's Manual
• SX Virtual Peripheral Methodology and Modules User's Manual

Raychem (now Nvent)

• Chemelex Auto-Trace Installation and Operations Manual

Renesas

• D9000 Development System Hardware User Manual
• SH-DSP Hardware Manual
• SH-DSP Programming Manual
• SDRAM Application Note
• Synchronous SRAM Application Note

Rockwell (now Conexant)

Siemens

• Siemens Cluster Framework (SCF) Overview

Signetics (now NXP)

Sinett

• SN5024 Unified Wireless and Wired Edge-Switch Datasheet
• SN6004 Wireless LAN Controller Datasheet

SiRF Technology (now Qualcomm)

SoftBank (see Arm)

Sony

• PlayStation 4 GPU Synchronization Tutorial
• PlayStation 4 Performance Optimization Guide
• PlayStation 3 Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial

Spreadtrum

• Javelin Microarchitecture Specification

SRI International

• ARPANET IMP Port Expander Manual

Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) (now Microchip)

STMicroelectronics

• WSI MAP168 Mapable Memory Controller Data Sheet
• WSI PAC1000 Microcontroller Data Sheet

SÜSS MicroTec

• Micro Force Real-Time Probe User's Guide

Symantec

• PGPmail 4.5 Quick Guide
• PGPmail 4.5 Reference Manual
• Pretty Good Privacy Source Code Books (several)

Synergy Semiconductor (now Microchip)

Synaptics

• Conexant Countach-40 Architecture Reference Manual

Synopsys

• FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual (FPMM)
• Systems-on-Chip for High-Speed Communication Systems White Paper
• CommsDesign Magazine Article: Addressing System-Level Challenges in High-Speed Comm Chips

TChip

• IP1012 Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Baseband Data Sheet

Tensilica (see Cadence)

Texas Instruments

• National FASTr Advanced BiCMOS Logic Databook
• National System/400 Summary

The Linley Group

• 3D Technology Report

Tizen

• LiMo API Document Guidelines
• LiMo Software Architecture Document

Toshiba

• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial
• TC8512 Gouraud Shading Processor Data Book

Trinamic

• TMC260 and TMC261 Datasheet
• TMC262 Datasheet
• TMC262 Evaluation Manual

Ubicom (now Qualcomm)

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)

• U5S 486 Green CPU Data Book

Unisys

• M9710 Disk Storage Subsystem Service Guide
• M9710 Disk Storage Subsystem Fault-Isolation Service Aid
• M9710 Disk Storage Subsystem Capabilities Overview
• Burroughs B7000 Series Command and Edit (CANDE) Manual
• Burroughs B7000 Series Command and Edit (CANDE) Quick Guide

Varian Semiconductor (see Applied Materials)

Wave Computing

• Teal Architecture Specification

Wheels of Zeus (WoZ)

• Global Positioning System (GPS) Preliminary Engineering Specification Proposal

Warthman-Morf

• Cities and Computers: Their Architecture

Wind River

• Diab Data Run-Time Error Checker User Manual

Xilinx

• UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for All Programmable SoCs
• Zynq-7000 Family Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) Reference Manual
• Virtex-II Pro PPC405 User Manual
• Virtex-II Pro PPC405 Processor Block Manual
• Advanced CAD Technology (XACT) User's Manual
• Logic Cell Array (LCA) User's Manual

Zilog

• Z8000 Microprocessor Reference Manual
• Z80 DMA Data Sheet
• Z80 DMA Technical Manual
• Z80 Serial I/O (SIO) Application Note